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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 527

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Relating to: grants for suicide prevention programming. (FE)

Death Debt public Federal aid Health services department of — Health Organization miscellaneous Outagamie county

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to award grants of up to

$25,000 with federal funds received under a federal community mental health

services block grant to organizations or coalitions of organizations, including cities,

villages, towns, counties, and American Indian tribes for suicide prevention

programming. A grant recipient must contribute matching funds or in-kind services

having a value equal to at least 20 percent of the grant amount. The bill provides

that DHS must set aside $250,000 of federal funds each fiscal year for the purpose

of awarding the grants under the bill.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , James (R) , L. Johnson (D)

20 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Baldeh (D) , Behnke (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Cabrera (D) , Callahan (R) , Carpenter (D) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , Green (R) , Gustafson (R) , Magnafici (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Sinicki (D) , Subeck (D) , VanderMeer (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Nov 8, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Ballweg, James and L. Johnson; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Magnafici, Allen, Armstrong, Baldeh, Behnke, Brandtjen, Cabrera, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Emerson, Green, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez and Subeck

  2. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families

  3. Oct 19, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor

  4. Oct 23, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor

  5. Oct 31, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Nov 1, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Nov 8, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Nov 8, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Nov 8, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Nov 13, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on the foot of the 14th order of business on the calendar of 11-14-2023

  12. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  13. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor

  14. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  17. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  18. Nov 14, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  20. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read

  21. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up

  22. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  23. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  25. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  26. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Nov 15, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  28. Nov 16, 2023 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  29. Nov 16, 2023 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  30. Nov 30, 2023 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023

  31. Dec 7, 2023 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 85

  32. Dec 7, 2023 · Senate

    Published 12-7-2023